I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is there – that is living.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYThe mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
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To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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I love mankind, he said, “but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular.
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.
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Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It’s by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! I talk nonsense, therefore I’m human.
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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference.
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them – the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.
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The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
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